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WASHINGTON — Republican Herman Cain is apologizing to Muslim leaders for vitriolic remarks he made about Islam while campaigning for the presidential nomination. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO has said communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques because Muslims are trying to inject sharia law into the U.S. He’s also said he would not […]

BOSTON — The economic downturn has erased the gains made by the black middle class over the last 30 years as the unemployment rate of blacks with a four-year college degree has skyrocketed, according to a new study by the National Urban League Policy Institute released Wednesday. The study said that the unemployment rate for […]

LOS ANGELES — The NAACP plans a big push to increase minority turnout in the 2012 elections, hoping to gain political influence and turn back what the civil rights group says are efforts in various states to deny minorities the right to vote. To do it, the group is going to reach out to black […]

Juan Williams accused National Public Radio of stifling free speech as he sat down with Bill O’Reilly on Monday for a candid interview about his new book, “Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate.” NPR fired Williams last year for comments he made about Muslims on Fox News. “They would label you as a bad guy […]

BRONX, N.Y. — A water-main break flooded the streets of the Bronx, causing headaches for many commuters and residents earlier this morning. The 36-inch pipe from 1903 broke around 4 a.m. near Jerome Avenue and East 177th Street. It was brought under control at 9:20 a.m. but the damage had already been done to the […]

In light of the surging wealth disparity and unemployment rate, among other socio-economic issues plaguing the country, Rev. Al Sharpton wrote a column in the Huffington Post, urging Americans —African-Americans in particular — to take more action in challenging the government. In the column, Sharpton encourages African-Americans to address their issues at the National Action […]

Police brutality videos inspire our outrage. So why do videos of Black-On-Black violence get laughs? Johan Thomas explains why, and what we can do about it. When footage of the Rodney King beating hit the airwaves some twenty years ago, Americans watched only a few seconds of the entire nine minute video in which Los […]

ERIE, Pa. — A federal judge says a Black trucker’s lawsuit against a Burger King franchise in northwestern Pennsylvania should be heard by a jury and not dismissed as the restaurant’s attorneys requested. RELATED: White Burger King Employee Accused Of Spitting In Black Man’s Food Glenn Goodwin, from Cleveland, Ohio, filed the civil rights lawsuit […]

HOUSTON — Jonathan Lee Iverson, the first African-American ringmaster of Ringling Bros., and Barnum and Bailey Circus recently sat down with a local Houston radio station to answer questions from children in the community. See the video interview and photographs at PraiseHouston.com RELATED: Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes Talks About New Christian Website

The Cosby Program, established by Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby, is seeking talented African-American screen writers for a 15-week program that begins early 2012. The program is not designed for beginning-level writers, though a degree in cinematic writing or filmmaking is not required. Applicants are required to have taken a few workshops or classes in […]

New York — New York City announced the closure of four beaches in response to a fire last Wednesday at a sewage treatment plant in Harlem that sent millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Hudson River. Read our exclusive piece on the Harlem Sewage Plant Explosion On Monday, the city announced the closure […]

The National Black Church Initiative, a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches, will begin a seven-year initiative to bring Black men back to the church. The mission is a part of the NBCI’s Healing Family Initiative, which seeks to bolster African-American families against the tide of violence, poverty, moral depravity and failure. The Grio Reports: The […]